{"id":3445,"date":"2022-05-31T11:13:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T10:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2022-05-31T11:13:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T10:13:25","slug":"democracy-4-wipe-out-uk-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/31\/democracy-4-wipe-out-uk-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy 4 &#8211; Wipe Out UK Deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"3446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/31\/democracy-4-wipe-out-uk-deficit\/democracy-4-wipe-out-uk-deficit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Democracy 4 &amp;#8211; Wipe Out UK Deficit!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit-1024x576.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Democracy-4-Wipe-Out-UK-Deficit.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Join us on our challenge to wipe out the entire UK deficit.  Governments before us have tried &#8211; but can we actually achieve it in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/democracy4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democracy 4<\/a>?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone is aware of the cost of living crisis and the ongoing issues with both deficit and debt in the UK as we start the game with over \u00a320bn deficit each month and a national debt of \u00a31.85tn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re aiming to eliminate the deficit and start paying down the debt.  And yes, we know you&#8217;ve heard that one before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do we succeed? Do we get re-elected?  Have you got some better ideas on how we could approach things?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hhzlaLvFuC4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Can we save the economy and wipe out the deficit?  The challenge is accepted!  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